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Solange Knowles on Yo Gabba Gabba! for Mother's day marathon on Nick

By April MacIntyre Apr 29, 2010, 19:30 GMT

(L-R): Plex, Brobee, Foofa, Solange Knowles, Muno, Toodee Courtesy of Nick

Solange Knowles will guest star on a new episode of Yo Gabba Gabba! during a Mother's day themed pre--school marathon.

On Friday, May 7 Nick's Mother’s Day Celebration also features episodes from hit preschool series Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, The Wonder Pets!, Go, Diego, Go!, and Max and Ruby.

Recording artist, actress and mother Solange Knowles will boogie down Yo Gabba Gabba!-style in a brand-new episode of the hit preschool music series on Friday, May 7, at 1:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

The new episode of Yo Gabba Gabba! will premiere during Nickelodeon’s special Mother’s Day-themed marathon of preschool favorites (9:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m. ET/PT). In the episode, “Baby,” Knowles performs an original song entitled “Momma Loves Baby,” DJ Lance Rock shows videos of when the Gabba friends were all babies and the gang spends time with Muno and Plex’s families.

Nickelodeon’s Mother’s Day-themed preschool marathon also includes a new episode of The Wonder Pets! at 1:00 p.m. (ET/PT) entitled “Happy Mother’s Day,” where the Wonder Pets give cookies to the mothers from all their past rescue missions. Plus, throughout the morning, tots will be treated to encores of Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, Go, Diego, Go!, and Max and Ruby.

Yo Gabba Gabba! is an award-winning series premiered in the U.S. on Nickelodeon in August, 2007 and ranks as one of the most popular series on television with broad appeal among preschoolers, parents, teens and adults.